Where is Nan Shepherd’s shanty in the Cairngorms?
Nan Shepherd escaped as often as she could to her ‘shanty’ in the Cairngorms. But where was it?
Nan Shepherd night
‘A strong, confident female voice being celebrated, read and enjoyed at events around the country with predominantly female speakers would be a welcome antidote to the heavily masculine Burns Night with its conspicuous array of male worthies’. Scottish identity can no longer be encompassed in one night nor expressed by one man.
Behind the hill is sorcery: belated insight into Nan Shepherd
Review: Into The Mountain: A Life Of Nan Shepherd, by Charlotte Peacock STUART KELLY Published: 12:19 Thursday 26 October 2017 The Scotsman The image of Nan Shepherd which now graces a £5 bank note is a curious one. She looks as if she is in fancy-dress as a Native American, or a flapper more concerned …
‘More than a face on a five pound note…’
Into the Mountain: A Life of Nan Shepherd in St Andrews Thursday 9th November Described by Robert MacFarlane as “rich, wise, subtle, and valuable”, Into the Mountain is the first biography of Nan Shepherd. Nan’s reputation as a dazzling and first-rate Scottish writer has been growing over recent years and, with the …
